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You know those live chat boxes you see all over the web, now? There’s a reason they’ve become so ubiquitous – people like using live chat to get instant access to a human. But live chat plugins aren’t the only way you can communicate with your visitors. You can also add a Facebook Messenger chat … Read more

Favicons are those little images that appear next to your site’s title in a browser tab, as well as other areas like bookmarks, app icons (on phones and tablets), and a few smaller places. They’re a neat part of branding your site. Sure – your site won’t grind to a halt if you don’t have … Read more

If you’re like most WordPress webmasters, you only experience your WordPress site as an Administrator. If you’re not familiar with what that means, it basically means that you have all of the power. That is, you can make every single possible change on your WordPress site. Most of the time, that’s fine. But if you’re … Read more

Want to learn how to start a fashion blog? If you love all things fashion, it only makes sense to share your passion with the world. Plus, the fact that fashion blogs are wildly popular right now doesn’t hurt, right? Plus, it’s more attainable than you might think. While I’m not trying to say you’ll … Read more

If you’ve been using WordPress for any amount of time, you’ve probably come across a plugin that let you add functionality to your WordPress site with shortcodes. A quick perusal will turn up tons of dedicated shortcode plugins, not to mention regular plugins that use shortcodes as part of the package. But did you know … Read more

When it comes to website analytics, Google Analytics is undoubtedly the gold standard. But…it’s by no means the only option when it comes to analytics for your WordPress site. One unique alternative that I’ll feature today is Piwik Analytics. It’s a neat solution that offers some key differences when compared to Google Analytics. And in … Read more

So you’re looking to do the unthinkable – block Google from indexing your WordPress site. Most webmasters are pulling their hair out trying to get Google to rank their site higher, so kudos to you for breaking the trend and going the opposite direction. But here’s the thing about Google and other search engines: They … Read more

Struggling with how to add the Google Analytics tracking code to WordPress? Google Analytics provides you with all kinds of helpful insights about your site…but getting it up and running can definitely be a bit confusing. Don’t worry – I’m here to help. In this post, I’ll give you four different ways to install the … Read more

This post is all about how you can use breadcrumbs to improve your cooking. No, that’s not right. This post is all about how you can use breadcrumbs to improve your WordPress site’s navigation. That sounds better. In this post, I’ll tell you why breadcrumbs are awesome. Then, I’ll show you how you can add … Read more

Want to add an Instagram photo feed to your WordPress site? We’ve shared plenty of Instagram plugins in the past, but we’ve never actually shown you how to go in and add an Instagram picture feed to your WordPress website. Let’s change that! In this post, I’m going to show you step by step how … Read more

Updates are good. They’re your friend. They keep your site safe…. But just because updates are an important part of running a WordPress site, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you want your updates running automatically behind your back. Though the risk is small, updates can go awry sometimes. And when that happens, it’s much more … Read more

If you’ve ever shopped for something online, you’ve probably come across a product comparison table. That’s because, in addition to being used by nearly every Amazon niche site, product comparison tables are just flat-out a helpful way to help your visitors make a purchasing decision. You could compare different products that you’re selling for affiliate … Read more

A WordPress staging site is like a sandbox. It’s where you can try out all kinds of tweaks and changes without risking breaking your production site. And, as opposed to running a local development site, your WordPress staging site is using the exact same hardware as your live site, which means anything that works on … Read more

Need to move your WordPress site to a new domain? While no one sets out intending to change domain names down the road, it’s certainly something that can happen to you. Maybe that perfect domain name opened up, maybe you need to rebrand…who knows. It happens. But when the time comes to change the domain … Read more

When you first install WordPress, it enables comments for all posts on your site. Most of the time, that’s totally fine…but sometimes, you’ll run into situations where you need to disable comments on your WordPress site. And for those situations, I’m here to help. I’m going to show you a variety of different methods you … Read more